 The Knowledge Management Unit of the Latin America Region and e-Development Thematic Group of the World Bank are very pleased to announce the conference "Implementing Natinal eBusiness Strategies for Competitiveness and Growth", focusing particularly on SMEs, on November 4, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm Washington DC. The conference will emphasize the successes, constraints and lessons learned from the implementation of e-business adoption programs at the national level. The centerpiece of the conference will be a presentation from Seoul by the National Computerization Agency via video conference on the experience of Korea. As a follow up to Korea's participation, a panel composed of government representatives leading national ebusiness development agencies of Canada, Scotland and Chile (confirmed) and Estonia, Jordan and South Africa (awaiting confirmation) will individually comment on the role of national e-business in national international competitiveness strategies and a description of the content and implementation experience of the government's program to promote e-business. AGENDA | 9:30—9:40 | Why eBusiness? Process and productivity |  | - Nagy Hanna, Senior Advisor, ISGVP
- James Hanna, Moderator, Lead Operations Officer & Senior Advisor e-Business Initiative for SME Competitiveness, LAC Region WB
| | 9:40-10:10 | eBusiness in national competitiveness agendas | | - Korea - The Korea Experience – trends, leadership, policies and programs implementation, Jeongwon Yoon, Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Energy and National Computerization Agency (30 min)
| | 10:10-11:20 | Panel Discussion (60 min) | | - Canada – Mr. Richard Simpson, Director General, Electronic Commerce Branch, Industry Canada
- Chile – Mr. Jaime Gré, Executive Secretary, Chile Digital Strategy
- Jordan – Ms. Nadia Said, Minister, Ministry of Information and Communication Technology
- Scotland – Mr. Charles Watt, Senior ICT Policy Specialist and former Director, eBusiness for SME initiative at Scottish Enterprise
- Slovak Republic, Mr. Dusan Soltes, Faculty of Management, Comenius University, Bratislava
- South Africa, TBD
| | 11:20 – 12:00 | Open discussion and conclusions (40 minutes) |
Reading Materials
KOREA
Korea's Experience in promoting e-business adoption among micro and small business
Jeongwon Yoon, Director, National Computerization Agency
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CANADA
e-commerce to e-economy: Strategies for the 21st Century
This is a two-day, national conference, hosted by Industry Canada in cooperation with partners and sponsor. This exclusive event brought leaders from business, government and the research community together to discuss and develop a shared strategic vision for Canada's economic future. The goals of the conference were to: (1) Highlight the importance of the Internet and e-business to productivity, competitiveness and economic growth; (2) Assess Canada's progress as an e-economy, its future challenges and opportunities; and (3) Establish strateic priorities for government, business, and academia. Click here to visit their website
The Digital Economy in Canada
This is the Electronic Commerce Branch of Industry Canada which aims to build on this foundation to support and facilitate continued growth of e-business in the Canadian economy. This website include Canada's policy framework towards the digital economy. Click here to visit their website
Canadian e-Business Initiative: a public-private partnership
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Global e-policy Resource Network
The Global ePolicy Resource Network (ePol-NET) provides a focal point for global efforts in support of national e-strategies for development. We bring together partners from a range of organisations around the world who contribute e-strategy and e-policy information and expertise for the benefit of individuals, organisations and governments in developing countries. The network provides ICT policymakers in developing countries with the depth and quality of information needed to develop effective national e-policies and e-strategies. Officially launched during the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) that took place in Geneva in December of 2003, ePol-NET aims to have information and documents of the highest quality available while providing an efficient response to any queries directed toward the Secretariat.
Click here to learn more about this network
SCOTLAND
National Strategies for eBusiness Development
Charles Watt, Senior Director, eDevelopment, Scottish Enterprise
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SLOVAKIA
Slovakia: eBusiness Status Report
Dusan Soltes, Faculty of Management, Comenius University
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CHILE
Chile 2004-2006: Agenda Digital
Jaime Gré, Executive Secretary, Chile Digital Strategy
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